Jamey Anderson fled North Carolina's Word of Faith Fellowship church when he was 18, but more than a decade later, he still struggles to find his footing in a world that he doesn't understand - having been raised in a "cult," he tells AP.

Some of the North Koreans get along with their new families and are satisfied with their new life in China. Others are abused by their husbands or ignored or mocked by their new relatives and neighbors, AP learns.